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  Adult-sized people with autism can cause property damage and much worse. I am told that summertime raging is a common problem encountered by neurologists, but it remains poorly understood and usually remains untreated. The most common worry for parents of toddlers diagnosed with severe autism is their lack of speech. By the time these children reach adulthood, the biggest worry for parents is often aggression and self-injury. Often it is the mother who faces the worst episodes of aggression, which is a really cruel turn of events. Aggression is usually not present in young children with autism, in some people it never develops, but in others it later becomes established as a learned behavior and then you are stuck with how to deal with it. One of my own therapy targets has long been to improve cognitive function; this can indeed be achieved and then you can improve important daily living skills (adaptive function). Some steps that you can take to improve cognition, and indee...

Google have just discontinued Google+ Many people followed this blog via Google+  You can either follow by email (just to right of the blueberries), or follow by Blogger Blueberries A common criticism of this blog is that it is mainly about prescription drugs rather than OTC supplements. Today’s post is about a supplement that is highly regarded by our reader Ling. Pterostilbene is like a super potent version of resveratrol.   Resveratrol is quite well known and has long been put forward as having some potentially highly beneficial health effects, but in practise it is just too poorly absorbed to have much effect in humans. Pterostilbene is found in blueberries.   Also found in blueberries is Anthocyanin, which is worth a mention in this post, it is what gives blueberries their colour; very often it is the colour in a food that underlies part of its health benefit. This is why eating a mixed colour diet is a wise idea. Aronia is extremely rich in anthocyanins and Aronia...